Doctor Who: Matt Smith’s 11 Best Understated Moments

2. €œYou are the only mystery worth solving.€

the only mystery Every companion has a moment when they come face-to-face with the reality of the €œsliver of ice€ in the Doctor€™s heart. €œThe Snowmen€ Doctor€™s response to the inevitability of death, of endings, was to withdraw from the world. But even then, how could Clara, how could all of us, not be ghosts to him? Why would the Doctor ever care about any of us? The Doctor€™s response is that we are €œthe only mystery worth solving.€ Once again, Smith delivers this line with an incongruous gentle grin. It€™s the best way the Doctor can think of to express why he€™s engaged with the world again, why he engages with people and their stories the way he does. What could we possibly be to the Doctor? We are a mystery. What does that mean, really? It€™s one of those things that€™s open to interpretation. Figure it out yourself.
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Rebecca Kulik lives in Iowa, reads an obsence amount, watches way too much television, and occasionally studies for her BA in History. Come by her personal pop culture blog at tyrannyofthepetticoat.wordpress.com and her reading blog at journalofimaginarypeople.wordpress.com.